>> my name is scott goldstein with a dc-based teacher efficacy and teacher retention organization. a few things we have been working on including flexible schedules, the time and place of the day allowing student enrichment giving more time back to teachers. community schools, which baltimore is an exemplar of in the country and closing experience gaps. one thing we advocated for your last year that yeezy is starting to put in place it on micro grant program. schools that don't have -- that d.c. is starting to put into place as a micro grant program to get money directly to teachers who want to run really enriching project-based learning, field trips, other expenses. with all these things, one thing that gets in the way -- and this happened in the pandemic -- we look at students that are really far behind in reading and math and say, you just need more time in reading and math and it further disengages the students read even though it is critical for them to get that. we put in place strategies like high impact to drink and then they are missing out on things that are a hook for th